02 May 2012

Some frogs "bypass the tadpole stage"

Carrying out his fatherly duty, a male Oreophryne frog in Papua, New Guinea, guards his clutch and two newly hatched froglets that rest atop the egg mass. Like many of the Microhylidae
family, these frogs bypass the tadpole stage, developing fully within
the egg. Male frogs embrace their clutch each night to keep the eggs
moist and protect them from predators such as insects.

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